LOS ANGELES — A group of truckers similar to those whose defiant blockades have shut down border crossings into the U.S. and Canada for weeks are bringing their protests over COVID-19 mandates to California.
Organizers are hoping to have 1,000 semitruck drivers in their ranks by Wednesday, when a group calling itself the People’s Convoy leaves Adelanto, in San Bernardino County, and begins an 11-day trek to Washington, D.C., with the expected convoy aimed at disrupting traffic around the Capitol ahead of the March 1 State of the Union address.
Inspired by the Freedom Convoy in Canada, the People’s Convoy protesters insist that “government has forgotten its place” and that COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandates are unconstitutional stretches of power.
